Gibson Guitar Town London 2007 - Giant Guitars on Display!

Gibson Guitar, the world’s premiere musical instrument manufacturer and leader in music technology, is proud to announce that many of the UK’s greatest and best known musicians have pledged their support and involvement with Gibson Guitartown London. Gibson Guitartown London is a unique charity-inspired campaign bringing together the power of music with art to raise money for three chosen charities; The Princes Trust, Nordoff-Robbins Music Therapy and Teenage Cancer Trust.

Thirty 10-foot free standing fiberglass Gibson Les Paul guitars and 30 regular sized Gibson SG’s are currently being creatively designed and hand painted by visual artists ranging from some of the UK’s leading and established artists such as Sir Peter Blake, Gerald Scarfe and Andrew Logan to competition winners. Each guitar will be signed by the associated musician to authenticate and endorse their own individual guitar.

The thirty 10 foot Gibson Les Paul guitars are being publicly displayed around More London (by Tower Bridge, SE1) since late June and will remain there for ten weeks. Meanwhile, the regular sized hand painted Gibson SG’s will be on public display at The O2 in Greenwich, only a short tube or boat ride from the More London display. Following the exhibition all the guitars will be auctioned off at an event in September with all the proceeds being split equally between the three associated charities.

The Guitars(click to enlarge):

‘The Ultimate Air Guitar’ by Andrew HewkinSigned by Brian May
Sponsored by The Hard Rock Café

‘MOD’ by Peter BlakeSigned by Paul Weller

‘Mother’s Ruin’ by Hannah BaysSigned by Dirty Pretty Things

‘Rock & Roll Made Me Do It’
by Sacha Spencer TraceSigned by Razorlight

‘Bluesprint’ by Sujo RemiSigned by Gary Moore

‘One Previous Owner’ by Mel ASigned by Graham Coxon

‘Luscious’ by Ian ThomsonSigned by KT Tunstall

‘Gibson’s Column’ by Jennifer SmithSigned by Sir Cliff Richard

‘You Wear It Well’ by Michael EnglishSigned by Rod Stewart

‘A Blunt Instrument’ by Paul HartSigned by James Blunt

‘a disarming No. 7’ by Jari KennedySigned by The Kooks

‘Re-Make/Re-Model’ by Stephen Buckley
Signed by Roxy Music

‘Love’ by Gail Jones
Signed by The Magic Numbers

‘A Good Education’ by Pete McKee
Signed by Noel Gallagher

‘The Tree of Knowledge’ by Nathlyn Baptiste
Signed by Mike Rutherford

‘I.Con’ by The ‘Ville Boys’ at HMP Pentonville
Signed by Mark Knopfler

‘Les Paul FAC 473’ by Peter Saville
Signed by New Order

‘White Swan’ by Mark Eurich
A Tribute to Marc Bolan

‘His Master’s Voice 2007’ by James Holdsworth
Signed by Bruce Dickinson

‘Armes Prydein’ by Mauricio Ortiz
Signed by Robert Plant

‘When Private Becomes Public’ by Mike Cahillane
Signed by Hard-Fi

‘Fan Girl’ by Alison Griffin
Signed by The Stereophonics

‘Mum Played Joni Mitchell While Pregnant’
by Tommy PentonSigned by Keane

‘Guitar Man’ by Alex Machin
Signed by Katie Melua

‘Monkeyfire’ by Lucy Taylor
Signed by Kasabian

‘Subversion’ by Steve Slack
Signed by The Gallows
Sponsored by Riccardo Giaccherini

‘Skull’ by Gerald Scarfe
Signed by Ozzy Osbourne

This free exhibition of creatively painted guitars will appeal to all age groups and music enthusiasts and will contribute to maintaining London’s credentials as one of the world’s greatest capital cities. The original Guitar Town concept and idea originated in Nashville, Tennessee in 2005 and went on to raise over $300,000 for local charities. Gibson Guitar is once again replicating this creative project in London for a spectacular display of artistically designed Gibson Les Paul guitars.

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